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We have been writing diaries in Year 1 this week, using the text Hello Lighthouse. We focused on using last tense and first person, as well as including all the features  of a diary entry. Today we planned a diary entry for our independent write next week. The children came up with lots of amazing…

During Geography, year 1 were se the challenge of locating seaside towns using an atlas. They learnt that atlases contain maps of the world and can help us to find specific places. Children used their prior knowledge of coastlines to know that seaside towns would be at the edge of the United…

Today we worked together to locate the seasides around the UK using an atlas. The children drew upon their prior knowledge, knowing the seaside is located on the coast, to help them locate and identify the specific seaside destinations. The children’s map skills developed considerably throughout…

We had a fantastic day on Thursday for KS1 sports day. The children were absolutely amazing and wowed me with their courage, determination and sportsmanship. What an incredible morning we had, finished off with a nice resting ice lolly. 

Year 1 have continued to learn about mechanisms is DT this week. The children have made a wheel mechanism to make the wolf appear closer to Little Red Riding Hood. They used lots of skills to complete their finished product and were very proud of themselves!  ⭐️

Year 4 have absolutely flew Arithmetic this week in which they have been consolidating multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100. These are very important skills which will support them in lots of areas of Maths learning. Well done Y4!

This week, Y4 have worked hard in their writing lessons to prepare for their next independent write which will be a narrative. They have shown super determination with skills including expanded noun phrases, prepositional phrases, conjunctions and dialogue! Keep up the determination Y4! 

Today we set our Funky Fingers the challenge of making a dough person, they did a fantastic job, what do you think?

We had an amazing sports day with lots of us getting stickers! Despite it being very hot we had a lovely time and enjoyed being in the sunshine. 

Year Five Dolphins really enjoyed designing their own environments for their games in Computing this week!

This week, Nursery impressed us with their fantastic African artwork! We have been thinking about Kenya, Africa and what it would be like to go on holiday here. We talked about the differences between Stoke-on-Trent and Kenya, such as weather, animals, clothing and schools. We then painted our…

Seagulls class absolutely loved their sports day today! The showed great sporting ability and great sportsmanship to the class mates. They took part in javelin, sprints and even a tricky obstacle course! We are so proud of their efforts and they kindness they showed to each other. ⭐️